The development of athletics in South Africa: 1814 to 1914
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Rhodes University, Faculty of Science, Department of Human Movement Studies and Physical Education
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The purpose of this study was to record the development of athletics in South Africa from 1814 to 1914. This period was chosen because sport and athletics originated and developed a social institution during that time and the First World brought progress to a temporary halt, after which there were many new developments. The Cape Colony became British in 1814, and it was British influence that played such a dominant role in the social history of the period.